Toy gun.



VPMENtr'ED APR. 12, V1904.

.11. GALS. TOY GUN. APPLIOATIOEPILED 00T.Z6. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES `Patented. April l2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ONE-THIRD To THOMAS ARNOLD PARKS, or RoMsEY, AUSTRALIA.

ToY GUN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,292, dated April 12, 1904.

Application led October 26, 1903.

. To @ZZ whom it may concern:

. plug and preventing its being lost.

, invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thisinvention originated in an eort to extend the applicability and popularity of one of the most delightful and yet harmless of toys, the pop-gun. That article appeals only to very young children as a rule, for its explosion or pop is faint, and its cork plug, being usually tied to the piston or barrel,serves no purpose except to help cause the explosion, such plug acting, therefore, as part ofv the gun, the cord saving time in replacing the Though attaching and using the plug as part of the pop-gun or the like, this invention. comprises improvements whereby the toy is made pleasurable not only to young children, but also to those of more advanced age, and adapted to afford amusement to adults individually or in a parlor-game, as it allows of the discharge at will of darts, peas, and shot for target-practceland enables the application of personal s n Other novel features are set forth below.

The drawings represent parts of a pop-gun 4embodying this invention, Figure l being a side elevation, partly sectional, showing parts after discharge, and Fig. 2 parts in sectional side elevation ready for the discharge.

In the views, c indicates a dart, pea, shot,

or other loose missile usable when a target or object is aimed at, as in a parlor-game.

Z is a plug chambered at its outer end to receive missile a. Usually the plug is all or partly cork and chamber c metal of any suit# able shape, (that shown for a dart being conical,) with a tang or `projection CZ, having an eye or the like e for the attachment of an Serial No. 178,605. (No model.) f

elastic or spring connection or cord f. Any manner of combination with plug Z of chamber c, having eye e, may be used, providing the plug fits air-tight. With c and Z of metal any intelligent boy can when a cork plug is worn out or damaged cement or lix the parts c d in a new cork, and another advantage is that a cork plug lasts longer when relieved of the strain of the cord during use, the strain coming upon the metal or strong material. The parts b to e are also made in one piece of rubber (or of vulcanite or hard material, with a rubber collar or the like) to fit airtight in the muzzle of barrel Z. A soft-rubber plug wouldbe durable, yet harmless, even without tying it to the barrel, and as it could not be projected very far would be suitable in rooms,where a more powerful projectile would be prohibited; but there is no such restriction on the material or shape of the plug as to prevent its use as a more powerful projectile.

f is a rubber cord which will be stretched tight in the position of Fig. 2, so as to enable the plug to be drawn into engagement with the muzzle by retracting Ythe pistonrod m.

g is a disk forming the head of a screw z', having an eye, hook, snap-hook, or the like for attachment of an end of the elastic f. Any boy could suitably connect an elastic cord with the eyes or the like e Zz, if the cord f needed replacing i j is a cupped leather or like washer, and 7c a metal piston of sheet metal screwing into engagement with the piston-rod m, the screw e' also screwing into the piston c. The parts g to Zu thus form a plunger which is extremely -elicient for the purpose of compressing the air between the cupped leather j and the plug Z when the rod m is driven forward, which is done by pushing rapidly the handle' 0, to which the rod m, is connected. Rod m is supported facilitate the jo an aperture in the upper forward end of the hollow handle o, in which darts or missiles may be stored.

The escape of the air between the plunger and the bearing q, which takes place when the plunger is retracted, is provided for in any suitable manner.

The barrel or tube Z is not necessarily of equal diameter throughout.

Itl has been found that the noise of the explosion using this invention is so much greater than that of the common pop-gun that the amusement of hearing it is highly augmented.

The plug and its missile forming a duplex projectile is an important novelty, the missile a being easily discharged after a little practice into the bulls-eye of a target set at such a distance as would be convenient in a drawing room-say between ve and ten yards. By regarding the plug or missile-socket) as a feature of the gun necessary to the discharge it may be said that at each discharge the said socket or plug leaves the gun and accompanies the missile during a portion of the flight of the latter, which, encountering less air resistance, will travel a much greater distance.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

1. In a toy gun, the combination of the barrel, a stopper adapted to close the open end thereof, a plunger adapted to reciprocate in said barrel, and a cord connecting said plunger and said stopper, said stopper being hollowed out to form a chamber for the reception of a dart or other missile, substantially as described. v

2. In a toy gun, the combination of the barrel, a plunger working in said barrel and provided with an eyelet, a stopper adapted to close one end of said barrel and provided with an eyelet, and an elastic cord secured at its ends in said eyelets, said stopper being recessed to form a chamber for the reception of a dart or other missile, substantially as described.

3. In a toy gun, the combination of the hollow barrel, a stopper adapted to close one end thereof, said stopper being provided with an eyelet, a piston provided with a cupped leather washer, means for fastening said Washer to said piston, said means being provided with 1 an eyelet, an elastic cord connecting said eyelets, and means for operating said piston, sub- 

